diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure.py b/litellm/llms/azure.py
index 8932e44941..69217fac2c 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure.py
@@ -1150,7 +1150,13 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                 error_data = response.json()
                 raise AzureOpenAIError(status_code=400, message=json.dumps(error_data))
 
-            return response
+            result = response.json()["result"]
+            return httpx.Response(
+                status_code=200,
+                headers=response.headers,
+                content=json.dumps(result).encode("utf-8"),
+                request=httpx.Request(method="POST", url="https://api.openai.com/v1"),
+            )
         return await async_handler.post(
             url=api_base,
             json=data,
@@ -1249,7 +1255,13 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                 error_data = response.json()
                 raise AzureOpenAIError(status_code=400, message=json.dumps(error_data))
 
-            return response
+            result = response.json()["result"]
+            return httpx.Response(
+                status_code=200,
+                headers=response.headers,
+                content=json.dumps(result).encode("utf-8"),
+                request=httpx.Request(method="POST", url="https://api.openai.com/v1"),
+            )
         return sync_handler.post(
             url=api_base,
             json=data,
@@ -1324,7 +1336,7 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                 api_key=api_key,
                 data=data,
             )
-            response = httpx_response.json()["result"]
+            response = httpx_response.json()
 
             stringified_response = response
             ## LOGGING
@@ -1431,7 +1443,7 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
                 api_key=api_key or "",
                 data=data,
             )
-            response = httpx_response.json()["result"]
+            response = httpx_response.json()
 
             ## LOGGING
             logging_obj.post_call(
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_image_generation.py b/litellm/tests/test_image_generation.py
index 67857b8c86..4ff029ca90 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_image_generation.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_image_generation.py
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ def test_image_generation_openai():
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "sync_mode",
-    [True, False],
+    [
+        True,
+    ],  # False
 )  #
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_image_generation_azure(sync_mode):